| Main Title |
Water Resources Activities in the United States. Evapo-Transpiration Reduction. Part I. Phreatophytic and Hydrophytic Plants along Western Streams. Part II. Vegetation Management and Water Yields in the 17 Western States. |
| CORP Author |
Select Committee on National Water Resources (U.S. Senate). |
| Year Published |
1960 |
| Report Number |
Committee Print-21; |
| Stock Number |
PB-230 597 |
| Additional Subjects |
Evapotranspiration ;
Plants(Botany) ;
Hydrology ;
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
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Status |
| NTIS |
PB-230 597 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
55p |
| Abstract |
The area in the field of evapo-transpiration reduction which shows promise of yielding the most immediate water savings is the reduction of losses from phreatophytic and hydrophytic plants along western streams. These are plants which have their roots in the groundwater or which grow which result in the transpiration of large amounts of water into the atmosphere. The report on phreatophytic and hydrophytic plants along western streams indicates that nonbeneficial phreatophytes in the 17 Western States cover nearly 16 million acres and that they may discharge from 20 million to 25 million acre-feet of water into the atmosphere annually. The report discusses methods which are being used to control phreatophytes and the need for future research in the field of water use by phreatophytes, and the hope is expressed that as much as one-quarter of the total estimated savings can be accomplished by 1980 and one-half by the year 2000. |
